Game Information

Matt Ryan overcame a career-worst five interceptions, guiding Atlanta to its only offensive touchdown in the fourth quarter, and the Falcons rallied for a sloppy 23-19 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

Research Notes

The Cardinals duo of Ryan Lindley and John Skelton combined to post a Total QBR of 3.7 in Sunday's loss to the Falcons.It was the 10th time that the Cardinals have had a single-game QBR under 10 since Kurt Warner retired in 2009, most in the NFL over that span.

How do you lose a game when your defense intercepts Matt Ryan five times? Two quarterbacks combining to go 11-of-27 for 70 yards is a start. Cardinals quarterbacks combined to complete only 2-of-13 passes deeper than five yards downfield for 25 yards, the third time this season a team has not completed at least three of those passes (49ers' Alex Smith 2-of-8 in Week 7, Vikings' Christian Ponder 2-of-7 in Week 9). Arizona's 15.4 completion percentage on those throws is the worst since Week 16 of last season (Ravens' Joe Flacco 2-of-13, 15.4 percent).

The Falcons won despite a poor showing from Matt Ryan, who finished Sunday's game 28-of-46 for 301 yards and five interceptions, his worst completion percentage in a game since Week 14 of last season. Four of Ryan's five interceptions came on throws 10 yards or fewer downfield, but Ryan was especially inefficient on deeper throws, and could have been even worse had Sam Acho not dropped a potential sixth interception 11 yards downfield in the first quarter.--Julio Jones was active but limited on Sunday. Ryan was 3-of-7 for 33 yards and an interception when targeting Jones.